Just let me do what I'm doing, and then when all of this is up, then you can say how my career was. Don't try to sum up my career in one or two seasons. Let me finish it first.

Love is when the other person's happiness is more important than your own.

The best preparation for tomorrow is doing your best today.

When you can’t change the direction of the wind — adjust your sails

Hope is not a resting place but a starting point - a cactus, not a cushion

Every person that you meet knows something you don't; learn from them.

Good teams become great ones when the members trust each other enough to surrender the Me for the We.

The strength of the team lies within the individual. And the strength of the individual lies within the team

Life is slippery. Here, take my hand.

To give someone a piece of your heart, is worth more than all the wealth in the world.

Learning Indian mannerisms, how to wear saris, and the language were a challenge.

A poet must discover that it’s his own story that is true, even if the truth is small indeed.

I put in no claims either for happiness, for gratification, or even for the common comforts of life: yet, surely, I had a right to exist!

You will not be here--I shall not be here--much lo

Humanitarian issues must bring together all people who act in good faith trying to alleviate the suffering of people in dire need - especially women, children and the elderly.

Africa is not just about where you are born. For me, Africa is the whole continent; from south to north, to east to west.

The Voice of the River is a beautifully written, deeply inclusive and profoundly spirtual work of art. I am moved by its great genorosity above all, and its wisdom. It is a gift like no other.

Theory is continually the precursor of truth; we must pass through the twilight and its shade, to arrive at the full and perfect day.

I would love to have a career that's governed by the material; I always want to be part of stories that I feel are worthwhile.

I think I realized it was an art form at the beginning, but it took me a really long time before I was able to view what I was performing myself as an art form.

Relics are treasured as something close to the divine.